About the Authors

Luisa A. Denkel

luisa.denkel@charite.de

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Frank Schwab

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Lars Garten

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Christine Geffers

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Petra Gastmeier

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Brar Piening

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BP PG CG. Performed the experiments: FS LAD. Analyzed the data: FS LAD. Wrote the paper: LAD FS LG BP PG. Management of data collection: LAD FS. Statistical analyses: FS. Draft of initial manuscript: LAD. Neonatal expert: LG. Study conceptualization and study design: CG PG BP. Critical review of the manuscript: LAD FS LG CG PG BP.